I *knew* I knew that voice...

Ok, so, this isn't book related at all, but I want to do my part and put this info on the web, so that anyone else who happens to search the net for "who does the voice overs for the BBA America closed caption ads?" might actually have better luck than I do finding hits.



Thanks (eventually) to Television Without Pity's forums (TWOP, for those in the know) who finally clued me in. I kept hitting "back" on the DVR to listen to the voice over - knowing I knew the voice - without being able to come up with the name. And, unlike roles in TV shows or movies, you can't usually just look up on imdb to see what's up. Well, ok, you actually can, once you already know who it was doing the voice overs, but that's a little like telling someone to look up the spelling of Qatar in the dictionary. Sure, it might be out there, but unless you already know what it is you heard, you won't know where to look.

Oh, yeah, I should probably post the answer: It's John Oliver, known here at least as a correspondent on "The Daily Show".

I'm not only back... I'm SUPER back!

Ok, hi. It's been a while (two and a half months or so), and though I haven't been good about posting, I have of course been continuing to read. I'll try to remember everything I've read since last post and I'll go in roughly chronological order, but if I've forgotten one, I may have to fill in the blanks later.

So, the first book I read since last post was a gift from my parents at one point, and while I started it when I first received it, I only finished it recently:

Superman: Sunday Classics 1939-1943

This is a collection of the first Superman comics from the papers of the day. It's an interesting and entertaining look back - from the fairly simplistic plots (oh no! The tree is falling on Lois - I hope Superman gets there in time!) to the interesting mix of slang and (from our perspective) "old-fashioned" words and phrases. It was also interesting to note that as you further through the book the villans change from business owners attempting to out do a rival or similar to what they referred to as "fifth columnists". In the final strip, in fact, Superman rounds up both Hitler and Stalin and deposits them in front of the League of Nations - interestingly enough, this was in 1942, when we were still nominally allies.

Also, in the original comics, it's never claimed that he can fly - although he comes awfully close with his leaping crazy distances. If you can remember the slogan from the TV show, "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound", they don't mention flight there either.

Anyway, thanks Mom and Dad - it was an enjoyable read, and an interesting slice of pop culture history.